Gaillardia aristata/Gaillardia. Asteraceae. Asterales. Magnoliopsida. Tracheophyta Commonly called/Blanketflower *The flower colors with fiery reds, oranges and yellows mimic the rich patterned textiles of Southwest Native Americans blankets. Native to/Western North America Symbolism/Joy. Happiness. Warmth *Genus of 30 species of annuals, perennials *Erect but often spreading perennial with inversely lance-shaped to shallowly looked or pinnatifid, grayish green leaves, to 8in(20cm)across. *Daisy-like flowers, measuring 3-4inches(7.5-10cm)in diameter *Meriwether Lewis first collected the plant on July 6th, 1806, in the Rocky Mountains. Photographed 3/29 10:36am 2026 Posted 3/30(Monday) 12:45pm 2026
Yumiko（California U.S.A）SAMA✨ Good mornevening, Yuming !🌅🌃 The Gaillardia (blanket flower) Oni-chang know has red, orange, and yellow petals on a single flower, which makes it feel too intense and hot for me, in Japan🇯🇵.♥️🧡💛🥵😢 However, because your Gaillardia is in two colors—orange and yellow—it feels very refreshing.📸🧡💛🌿😄👌 If you have a moment, please take a look at my rather stifling flowers.♥️🧡💛🌿 I posted a photo of "Gaillardia" to GS on September 10, 2025.🥺🙇🌞✌️ Hoitara-ne.👋👋👋
Good evening 😉✨ Gaillardia aristata 🏵️ is so colorful and blooming beautifully. This afternoon it was a day of heavy rain and wind ☔️🌪️🌀, so I spent the day relaxing at home 🏠️. Thank you for showing me such lovely flowers. 🐰💗
@アキラ Good morning! Thank you for a message. In okinawa ~ I studied a lot of Okinawa Because I worked at the USA 🇺🇸 military bases in Okinawa as a translator & interpreter in those days(1993~1998). You live in Kumamoto Prefecture. You know~ well about the situation of Okinawa. World 🌎 is still small. 🌸 We will have a nice time on G.S. with smile 😊
@ユミ Good morning. Sorry 😣 about your body situation. You keeping cough. No fevers. It’s ok~ it will take for a week to be back normal. Just have a nice meal. Vegetable and fruit. Hot 🍵 tea. I will cook Chicken Tenderloin tonight. It’s the great one for you. I wish I could send it to you (*international Fast delivery)…it’s coming in the future.(not our time) Anyway take care of yourself. I will be with you. 💕
@太陽の塔 Good morning! Yes. I saw your photo. Nice one. That means. You have not seen this flower after that! It’s rare at your place? Here ~ see ~ only this time I can see this flower. Anyway we will have a nice day! Keep being healthy, not have delirious food all the time! I have ever told you. 💕see U
@ユミ For real~ you have a fever~ You can go to see your doctor? Or just take a nice rest/ honey 🍯 with anything, have it. And make a vegetable miso soup. I have (daikon, nasu, kaisou, okura, edamame…) make a nice miso soup! I will check you later. 🫶
@Yumiko (California U.S.A) SAMA✨ Thank Yumiko for your message.😄👌 Yes, Gaillardia is rare at our place. This is because Gaillardia is a member of the aster family native to North America.🌏🧡❤️🌿 It does not grow wild in Japan🇯🇵; it is carefully cultivated by people.😊 Yes, like Yumiko lovingly look after your husband.🤗🥰🌞✌️💦 Let's keep being healthy, not have delicious food all the time each other.🤔🌞✌️ Hoitara-ne.😴💤🌃🌌✨🎠✨
@ユミ Good morning! ☀️ How is your weather at your place? Here, it was the first time, we got rain(for a month). We need rain in California. It’s dry season soon. Let’s take care of ourselves and have a nice day together! with smile 😊
@ゆうさん Good morning! Thank you for a message. Here, we had rain ☔️ for the first time for a month. 🫶happy. We need rain in California. After May, we will have no rain till October. Super dry season. That’s why they call “the blue sky in California”(California no aoi sora). Let’s go for a nice day! with smile 😊
@太陽の塔 Good morning! Thank you for a message. lovely It’s spring. I am happy to be healthy. As I told you, he(Tokyo kaijyo), suddenly disappeared since last September. Before ~ everyday~ nice food, sushi, tempura~20~ places to show. “Where is he?” Sudden disappearance. I am sad. I hope he is going well ~ in his life. 💐
@太陽の塔 I am sorry I talked about my friend. I am really disappointed about why he became like this today ! We will watch ours , 🤓we are ok! That’s right. You talk about your life with your wife, don’t you?! How long we will be able to survive! (ato nannen ikirareru) 10~15~💕years Only
@Yumiko (California U.S.A) さん、おはようございます☀🤗🌸 今日は、晴れて庭先の 仙台枝垂れ八重桜も 6.7凛程開き始めましたよ🙆✌️✨🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸開花宣言します🙆🎶😄 Wea are together on GS Let'shave a good day!with smiIe😊ですね✌️🥰💪💓🎶またね👋🥰。
Thank you for your hard work today. Did you have a fun day? As planned, I went cherry blossom viewing 🌸 and took a leisurely stroll 🚶🏻🚶🏻. I hope tomorrow will be a good day too. 🐰💗
@Yumiko (California U.S.A) SAMA✨ Thank Yumiko for your telling about survival years. 🤗🤭👌🐢 Oni-chang may not be able to ride the maglev train 🚄between Tokyo🗼 and Osaka🏯, but I want to live until at least 2040 to walk across the new Nihonbashi under a clear blue sky.💙🚶💦👌 Nihonbashi area is undergoing a massive redevelopment named "Nihonbashi River Walk," 🚇 targeting the completion of the Shuto Expressway's undergrounding by FY2040. 😊😄 This project will remove the overhead highway, restoring the sky to the historic Nihonbashi River area, transforming it into a vibrant, water-friendly urban space.🌞✌️ Hoitara-Yumiko-mo-issho-ni-arukimashou‼️💙💓🚶♀️💦
@ユミ Good morning! That’s right. We have a day~ a day~ ! Weather/it’s important to us. We need rain but not too much. We need sun but not all the time. … nature and our lives How we can go for with our smiles?! It’s up to us! Positive life💕 Thank you for a message! We will have a good day today and tomorrow! with smile 😊
@ハッピーネコちゃん Good morning! Thank you for a message. You live in Tohoku. My grandfather and father came from from Iwate prefecture. They moved to Tokyo after 1940s. I love your place. I had a great time to skiing for 10 years at your place all the time. ‘Fukushima-Zao/Miyagi-Zao’. …long time ago~ When I was teenagers. Today is a new day~ everyday Let’s have a great day together! with smile 😊
@チップズママ Good morning! Thank you for a message. We have been on GS for a long time. I would like to see you. You can talk to me any time. I will talk to you, too. Let’s go for the nice day! with smile 😊
@太陽の塔 Good morning! Thank you for a positive message. Lovely 2040 how old we will be? …24 years more~ I am not sure 🤔 I will be able to live. Probably you will do, except having a delicious food all the time.(I gave a caution ⛔️before). I eat buckwheat noodles, with one fried egg 🍳 for my dinner. With lots of vegetables and fruits. I made my lovely chicken breast with sweet onions. ~. Eat them all . I eat 3~4 times meals a day. I need energy for tomorrow. You know about me ~ what times~ I do. I know ~ you go out somewhere to see 🌸 ~with your wife! lovely Keep going! I see your photos all the time. 😊see U
@Yumiko (California U.S.A) SAMA✨ Thank Yuming for your healthy messages !🤗😄👌 2040 is 14 years from now, not 24 years from now.🤭😁 Life is short, and 14 years from now will arrive in the blink of an eye.😉😔👀🤔 Time flies like an arrow.🏹🎯💨😊 Yuming will still be alive in 14 years.💪 We live in an era where people live to 100. 82 years old is still a chick.🐥✌️ Nutritional balance and portion control are key challenges in our daily diet.🌞👌 Historically, Japanese🇯🇵 people are herbivorous by nature, so it is important to limit meat and fat intake.🥩 Burgers and ramen are tasty, but we Japanese need to think twice before eating them. 🤔😔 I'm also from East Asia.🌞✌️ Hoitara-ne.👋👋👋
@はやとものかず Good morning! How nice~ you have been doing well. Healthy life. That’s right, yogurt is good for Hay fever(kafun syou). I am 🤧🤧terrible. Even I sneeze when I am swimming! 🙄 And I start walking at LAP, it stops. I walk ~ slowly around my house, I wear a mask 😷. And see the flowers. Every is our nice day! Let’s go today and tomorrow! 😊😊
@ハッピーネコちゃん Good morning! Thank you for a message. lovely 💕 You and your husband’s age are same as my husband. You were born in 1950. (watashi no shujin to onaji doshi desu) Tora doshi/ 🐯Tiger! I am happy to talk to you ! You can talk to me anytime. I will talk to you~ ! Nice talking. with smile 😊
@太陽の塔 Good morning! 🌸 Thank you for a message. I know~ you know~,too. We will have our lives healthier. Still~15-20(instead 10-15) survival. * I think 10-15 years to me. You will have (15-20). I will be here probably until I finish my life. Not be in Japan. Nice day together! You go out ~ Nice day together! 😊
@太陽の塔 That’s right. We are Asian. We will have a good day! Tousan (ganbatte). Not to go for a trip ~ tired/risk. What is your best way to have a one ☝️ day? Not to go go go ~. No need hundred of photography. Take care of yourself. I can know~ what you are. You are such a smart person. I will be with you. 😊
@Yumiko (California U.S.A) SAMA✨ Thank Yuming for your message !😊 Oni-chang went to see the skating show "STARS ON ICE JAPAN TOUR 2026" at Towa Pharmaceutical RACTAB Dome yesterday.🤗⛸️💃👌 I really loved the performances by the medalists, especially the last skater, Ryu Miura (Mi-Kryu), Shizuka Arakawa with her signature Ina Bauer, Ilia Malinin and his backflip, plus Mao Shimada, Kaori Sakamoto, and Ami Nakai. Their skating was incredible ！😄😲🌞✌️ Since photos and SNS posts were allowed during certain hours, I posted some pictures to GS last night.✌️🌃 Hoitara-mata-mitene ! 👋👋👋
I was working in my vegetable garden this morning, but it started raining ☔️ so I stopped. I took a nap this afternoon and now I feel much better. Maybe it's the fatigue from my daily routine finally catching up with me 😁 I hope tomorrow will be a good day too 🙏🏻
Commonly called/Blanketflower
*The flower colors with fiery reds, oranges and yellows mimic the rich patterned textiles of Southwest Native Americans blankets.
Native to/Western North America
Symbolism/Joy. Happiness. Warmth
*Genus of 30 species of annuals, perennials
*Erect but often spreading perennial with inversely lance-shaped to shallowly looked or pinnatifid, grayish green leaves, to 8in(20cm)across.
*Daisy-like flowers, measuring 3-4inches(7.5-10cm)in diameter
*Meriwether Lewis first collected the plant on July 6th, 1806, in the Rocky Mountains.
Photographed 3/29 10:36am 2026
Posted 3/30(Monday) 12:45pm 2026